Show pit for droppings Is found an improvement the newest angle in poultry house construction and one that is highly commendable is the use of droppings pits instead of boards according to a the use of the pit sunk 2 or 21 feet below the floor level makes it possible to lower the roosts boosts to only 12 or 15 inches above the floor thus the birds have only a short hop from the roost to the floor or vice rice versa instead of the threefoot three foot jump required with many of the old roosts boosts these long jumps were responsible for a good many injuries to feet and abdomens especially with hens of the heavier breeds from the health standpoint as the space beneath the roosts boosts is screened in the birds are kept farther from the droppings than where boards are used for this reason too the pits need to be cleaned less often than droppings boards the depth of the pit depends on the location of the building build 19 and the type of soil some pits in dry locations are sunk as much althree as three feet |